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Just because laws might be broken or abused, that's not a good enough reason not to have laws. This law is meant to lower the temperature in situations that ar
by Lendal 4y ago
Just because laws might be broken or abused, that's not a good enough reason not to have laws. This law is meant to lower the temperature in situations that are already stressful enough without someone getting in the cop's face with their phone. If you can video an arrest from 10 feet away, that's good enough. Also, any cops abusing this law will still be recorded doing it.
- voakbasda 4y agoOne problem is that voices obey the inverse square law; the received power of the audio will be inversely proportional to the square of distance. The new minimum distance will often be enough to prevent capturing their words, with the direct consequence that recordings will not be able to capture what is said. They become less accountable.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 4y agoThe law is meant to give police a pretense to arrest people recording them and give them plausible deniability; eg "looks like I misjudged the distance". Meanwhile people were still arrested which is a punishment with consequences in of itself. That's in the best case where the charges are dropped, worst case is they have prove it in court with all the associated burdens and costs. Even if they get off, that's still a punishment. And for what? This law isn't needed for any other reason, police already have the authority to clear an area they are working in.